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Ted Williams hit the 521st home run of his major-league career in his final at bat.

This is a list of the Major League Baseball (MLB) players who have hit a home run in their final major league at bat. The feat was first accomplished in 1890 by Buck West, and most recently by Stephen Vogt in 2022.

Paul Gillespie and John Miller are the only players in MLB history to hit home runs in their first and last major-league at bats. Bobby Kielty and David Ross both hit their final home runs in a World Series game—Kielty hit his for the Boston Red Sox in the series-clinching Game 4 of the 2007 World Series, while Ross's occurred in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and was an important contribution to ending the 108 year title drought of the Chicago Cubs. Mickey Cochrane and Ted Williams are the only players on this list who are inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Players

Many players in the below list hit a home run the final time they batted in the last game of their professional career—that is, at the professional level, the player never batted again or played in another game—one notable example being Ted Williams. However, circumstances may vary—for example, Mickey Cochrane homered in his final at bat (hence his inclusion in the below list) but was hit by a pitch in his final plate appearance. Because pitchers bat less often than position players, especially since the introduction of the designated hitter, some pitchers in the below list played in many major-league games after their final at bat; for example, Tim Stoddard, who homered in his final at bat in June 1986, pitched in the major leagues through July 1989. In other cases, a player in the below list had a very brief major-league career, but continued playing professionally at the minor-league level—one example is Chris Jelic, who played in only four major-league games, all late in the 1990 season, then continued playing professionally through 1993.

Note: Baseball Almanac, the primary source for this section, lists and numbers players who have accomplished the feat during regular-season games, and provides separate commentary on players who have done so in postseason games.

Key
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
# Denotes player was a pitcher

Regular season

No. Player Career total Date Team
1 Buck West 3 September 18, 1890 Cleveland Spiders
2 Frank O'Connor # 1 August 7, 1893 Philadelphia Phillies
3 Hercules Burnett 2 September 29, 1895 Louisville Colonels
4 Ed Scott # 2 August 3, 1901 Cleveland Naps
5 Chick Stahl 36 October 6, 1906 Boston Americans
6 Del Gainer 14 September 30, 1922 St. Louis Cardinals
7 Mahlon Higbee 1 October 1, 1922 New York Giants
8 Walt Kinney # 2 May 9, 1923 Philadelphia Athletics
9 Johnny Schulte 14 September 20, 1932 Boston Braves
10 Mickey Cochrane 119 May 25, 1937 Detroit Tigers
11 George Jumonville 1 May 20, 1941 Philadelphia Phillies
12 Paul Gillespie 6 September 29, 1945 Chicago Cubs
13 Bert Haas 22 August 26, 1951 Chicago White Sox
14 Joe Frazier 10 September 30, 1956 Baltimore Orioles
15 Marv Blaylock 15 September 28, 1957 Philadelphia Phillies
16 Ron Samford 5 September 7, 1959 Washington Senators
17 Ted Williams 521 September 28, 1960 Boston Red Sox
18 Don Gile 3 September 30, 1962 Boston Red Sox
19 Ed Hobaugh # 1 September 2, 1963 Washington Senators
20 Tony Kubek 57 October 3, 1965 New York Yankees
21 John Miller 2 September 23, 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers
22 Ken McMullen 156 September 14, 1977 Milwaukee Brewers
23 Kevin Pasley 1 October 1, 1978 Seattle Mariners
24 Mike Cubbage 34 October 3, 1981 New York Mets
25 Joe Rudi 179 October 3, 1982 Oakland Athletics
26 Tony Brewer 1 September 30, 1984 Los Angeles Dodgers
27 Eddie Miller 1 September 30, 1984 San Diego Padres
28 Willie Aikens 110 April 27, 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
29 Rufino Linares 11 October 6, 1985 California Angels
30 Tim Stoddard # 1 June 18, 1986 San Diego Padres
31 Chris Jelic 1 October 3, 1990 New York Mets
32 Bobby Rose 5 May 19, 1992 California Angels
33 Glenn Braggs 70 September 10, 1992 Cincinnati Reds
34 Chico Walker 17 October 3, 1993 New York Mets
35 Jeff Tackett 7 August 2, 1994 Baltimore Orioles
36 Gregg Olson # 1 April 20, 1998 Arizona Diamondbacks
37 Tony Phillips 160 August 15, 1999 Oakland Athletics
38 Matt Mieske 56 September 30, 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks
39 Albert Belle 381 October 1, 2000 Baltimore Orioles
40 Dusty Allen 2 October 1, 2000 Detroit Tigers
41 Juan Díaz 1 June 23, 2002 Boston Red Sox
42 Ray Lankford 238 October 3, 2004 St. Louis Cardinals
43 Todd Zeile 253 October 3, 2004 New York Mets
44 Curtis Thigpen 1 September 26, 2008 Toronto Blue Jays
45 Gustavo Chacín # 1 May 31, 2010 Houston Astros
46 Jim Edmonds 393 September 21, 2010 Cincinnati Reds
47 Denis Phipps 1 September 23, 2012 Cincinnati Reds
48 Adam Kennedy 80 September 7, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers
49 Juan Rivera 132 October 3, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers
50 Ramón Hernández 169 June 12, 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers
51 Chad Tracy 86 September 28, 2013 Washington Nationals
52 Francisco Peguero 1 September 29, 2013 San Francisco Giants
53 Nyjer Morgan 12 May 11, 2014 Cleveland Indians
54 Brad Snyder 2 June 22, 2014 Texas Rangers
55 Nick Evans 10 July 27, 2014 Arizona Diamondbacks
56 Ramón Santiago 30 September 27, 2014 Cincinnati Reds
57 Corey Hart 162 June 21, 2015 Pittsburgh Pirates
58 Dan Uggla 235 October 3, 2015 Washington Nationals
59 Darrell Ceciliani 2 May 18, 2017 Toronto Blue Jays
60 Adonis García 29 October 1, 2017 Miami Marlins
61 Bruce Maxwell 5 June 2, 2018 Oakland Athletics
62 Tyson Ross # 2 September 13, 2018 St. Louis Cardinals
63 Ian Kinsler 257 August 12, 2019 San Diego Padres
64 Ian Desmond 181 September 28, 2019 Colorado Rockies
65 Welington Castillo 98 September 29, 2019 Chicago White Sox
66 Ronny Rodríguez 19 September 29, 2019 Detroit Tigers
67 Khris Davis 221 October 3, 2021 Oakland Athletics
68 Jason Castro 97 June 29, 2022 Houston Astros
69 Stephen Vogt 82 October 5, 2022 Oakland Athletics

Source:

Postseason

No. Player Career total Date Team Series / Game Ref.
1 Chuck Carr 13 October 3, 1997 Houston Astros 1997 NLDS / Game 3
2 Troy O'Leary 127 October 15, 2003 Chicago Cubs 2003 NLCS / Game 7
3 Tom Wilson 15 October 5, 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers 2004 NLDS / Game 1
4 Bobby Kielty 53 October 28, 2007 Boston Red Sox 2007 World Series / Game 4
5 David Ross 106 November 2, 2016 Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series / Game 7
6 Russell Martin 191 October 6, 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers 2019 NLDS / Game 3

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Career total" figures refer to regular-season home runs only; home runs hit in all-star contests or postseason games are excluded.
  2. Kinsler played in 1888 regular-season games, predominantly as a second baseman—he made one appearance as a pitcher, which was the final game of his career, in which he hit a home run in his final at bat.

References

  1. "Ted Williams Retires After 521st Home Run". Coeur d'Alene Press. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. UP. September 29, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved April 6, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  2. Updike, John (October 22, 1960). "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 13, 2024 – via newyorker.com.
  3. "New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 3". Retrosheet. May 25, 1937. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  4. "Tim Stoddard". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  5. "Chris Jelic Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Home Run in Last At-Bat". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  7. "Ian Kinsler". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  8. "Tampa Bay Rays 10, San Diego Padres 4". Retrosheet. August 12, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  9. "The 1997 HOU N Division Series Batting Log for Chuck Carr". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  10. "The 2003 CHI N League Championship Series Batting Log for Troy O'Leary". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  11. "The 2004 LA N Division Series Batting Log for Tom Wilson". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  12. "The 2007 BOS A World Series Batting Log for Bobby Kielty". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  13. "The 2016 CHI N World Series Batting Log for David Ross". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  14. "The 2019 LA N Division Series Batting Log for Russell Martin". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
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